Manhattan ? Sometimes the little things matter most.

Just ask Ebi Ere, whose offensive rebound off his own missed free throw proved just as vital as any of his 25 points Saturday in Oklahoma’s 91-89 overtime victory against Kansas State.

Ere’s free throw with 16.7 seconds left in overtime gave the Sooners (15-3 overall, 6-1 Big 12 Conference) an 89-87 lead. But when he missed the second free throw, teammate Jozsef Szendrei batted the ball into the backcourt and Ere wound up with the rebound.

“Jozsef throwing it back to me was huge,” said Ere, who then was deliberately fouled and sank both free throws. “That made it a four-point game instead of a three-point game.”

Kansas State’s Frank Richards cut it to two when he drove the lane for a basket and was fouled. With 4.9 seconds left, Richards deliberately missed the free throw, but the Wildcats knocked the ball out of bounds while battling for the rebound.

“Adversity doesn’t test your character as much as it reveals it,” Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said.

Kansas State (11-8, 2-4), which had a nine-game home winning streak snapped, sent the game to overtime when Tim Ellis canned a long three-pointer that tied it 82-all with one-tenth of a second on the clock.

“I just saw the open spot,” Ellis said. “I just found myself get open on the wing. So I let it go. It felt good. I was just hoping it went in.”

The crowd cheered wildly when Ellis connected.

“We had the momentum, the crowd behind us and everything,” Kansas State’s Marques Hayden said. “But the exhilaration lasts for about two seconds. Then you have to go right back out and play well.”

When Ellis’ shot went in, Sampson immediately thought of a shot Texas’ Brandon Mouton hit against his team at the buzzer a year earlier, forcing overtime in a game the Sooners also won.

Kansas State forward Gilson DeJesus, left, is consoled by center Pervis Pasco (44) after DeJesus fouled out. Sixth-ranked Oklahoma escaped Manhattan with a 91-89 victory in overtime Saturday.

“I thought, ‘OK, we’ve been here before, we know how to win this game,”‘ Sampson said. “The last thing you want to do is go, ‘Oh, shoot, it’s not our day.”‘

Hollis Price, the Big 12’s leading scorer in conference play, had 22 points for Oklahoma before fouling out in overtime. Quannas White had 19 and freshman Kevin Bookout had 16.

Matt Siebrandt scored 23 points to lead Kansas State, but he fouled out early in the extra period. Jarrett Hart had 18 and Richards had 12.

With 1:35 left in overtime, White’s two free throws gave Oklahoma an 88-87 lead.

With three starters carrying three fouls and two saddled with four, the Sooners went on a 6-0 spurt, capped by Price’s drive to the basket that made it 74-69 with 4:20 left.

With 3:59 to go, Oklahoma’s Jabahri Brown drew his fifth foul and Pervis Pasco made both free throws to cut the lead to 74-71.

Pasco, a 47-percent free throw shooter, was 11-of-13 from the line.

“That overtime period gave us a chance to test our toughness, and that’s exactly what we talked about in the huddle,” Sampson said. “I said, ‘Remember Texas. We found a way to win that one and we’re going to find a way to win this one.”‘

No. 25 Missouri 73, Colorado 70

Columbia, Mo. — Ricky Clemons had 23 points, four assists and five steals as Missouri hung on late to beat Colorado.

Missouri (13-4, 4-2) has won eight in a row against the Buffaloes (12-7, 2-4), seven of them under coach Quin Snyder. The Tigers have won three of four overall heading into Monday night’s game at rival Kansas.

Michel Morandais hit a three-pointer with 7.2 seconds left to cut the Missouri lead to 71-70. But the Tigers went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line in the final half-minute, and Morandais’ long three-pointer banged off the back of the rim with one second left.

Rickey Paulding had 21 points and nine rebounds for Missouri.

Iowa State 74,

Baylor 70

Ames, Iowa — Jake Sullivan scored 26 points — 16 in the second half — to lead Iowa State in front of 11,509 fans.

Sullivan, who was 1-for-10 from the field and scored just six points in Wednesday night’s loss at Oklahoma State, broke out of his slump by going 9-for-11 and hitting all five of his free-throw attempts. Sullivan made all four of his field goal attempts in the second half, including three from three-point range. He was 3-for-5 from beyond the arc.

Tim Barnes added 31 points to the Iowa State attack and Jackson Vroman scored 12 points. Iowa State (12-6, 2-5 Big 12) shot 54 percent for the game.

The Bears (9-8, 0-6) had four players in double figures, led by Taylor’s 20 points. Lawrence Roberts scored 13, Ellis Kidd had 12 and Lucas finished with 10 points. Baylor was 22-of-47 from the field after hitting just 8-of-19 attempts in the first half.